Navigating the Middle East cycle of despair

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Antony Blinken is leaving the Middle East after spending two days in the region, as violence between Israelis and Palestinians flares up once again. He is the latest secretary of state to try and navigate a way out of this cycle of despair, while also clinging to the hope and vision of a two-state solution. Diana Buttu is a Palestinian lawyer who has previously advised that negotiating team and she joins the show from Ramallah. Her appearance is followed by Christiane's interview with former US top peace negotiator Dennis Ross, who has served under both Democratic and Republican presidents. Also on today's show: Paul Feig, author of “Cocktail Time!”; Dr. Robert Waldinger, author of "The Good Life" To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	What we're seeing now with Palestinians is a shrinking horizon, hope not an expanding one.
0:15.4	US Secretary of State Anthony Blinking in the Middle East as the cycle of violence escalates
0:20.7	and Israel's extreme far-right government gets up and running.
0:24.0	Then, enough things in my life with bullies and all that that were not fun and so my only goal was just let's make people happy.
0:32.0	Famous for freaks and geeks and bridesmaids,
0:35.0	comedy genius Paul Feig joins me for a candid conversation about his career
0:40.0	and his cocktails.
0:42.0	Plus, if I have a sense that my life has meaning and purpose I'm more
0:46.0	likely to feel happy more hours of the day. How to lead the good life? Dr Robert Waldinger brings Walter Isakson the breaking news from the happiness front. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christiane
1:16.1	I'm Kristiana Montpur in London. America's top diplomat is
1:19.2	leaving the Middle East after spending two days in the region as violence between Israelis and
1:24.5	Palestinians flares up once again.
1:27.3	Anthony Blinky and urged calm on both sides.
1:30.1	It's a familiar line from a US Secretary of State, but this is the first major test of Benjamin
1:35.4	Netanyahu's latest and very hard-lined government, which took power last month.
1:41.0	It is widely considered the most far-right religious Israeli coalition in the
1:46.1	state's history.
1:47.7	After meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday, Plinkin went to the occupied West Bank
1:52.8	to meet with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,
1:55.6	becoming the latest American Secretary of State
1:57.9	to try navigating a way out of this cycle of despair,
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